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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Wonderful rig!..and wow, a healthy bit of focuser porn there too  up there with my Starfire focuser and 4" flattener and up close  What are the imaging specs, including with your new reducer installed now?
I'm thinking (well...dreaming  ) of swapping out my 12" F3.8 Newt with something like the 14" PW, how would you rate it? Easy to collimate and hold collimation?
Mike |
Mike this would have to be the easiest and best scope I ever had. you only need to move the secondary mirror for collimation 3 screws, very easy as the main mirror is fixed. from new it came perfect collimation holds it very well. focusing is excellent as it does not move with temperature change all night lol, only need to focus when changing filters. dew is never a problem with the each mirror come with factory fitted heaters. I saved money and run the heaters with the primaluce eagle 4S, you can spend another $1600 for the plane wave heater control but it does not run the fans lol. that's how they get you but I also control the speed of the fans with the eagle so no problem. with my location I use BIN2 on camera but now with reducer I could go back to BIN1 so in perfect conditions with the smaller pixel sensors BIN 1 is a go but BIN 2 better IMO at F7.2 unless you have a large pixel size sensor then no problem. The reducer is not cheap to get so all up not a cheap scope but what is in this hobby lol.
I also don't need to guide with my 10 micron mount even at 2565mm FL I can get 15 minute no trail photos in my permanent set up so no OAG required that makes using this easy. Yes I have had zero issues with my planewave from day one and love it.